“I let the emotions and frustrations really get the better of me there,” Joyce said. “Obviously said some words that should never be said. There’s no excuse, no good excuse for that kind of language to be said and ever used.”

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“It kind of comes with the territory,” Joyce said. “There’s no tolerance for that with baseball and obviously with the Oakland A’s and the great community that we have in the Bay Area. It’s embarrassing to me and my family. I was raised a lot better.”

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Joyce will reportedly participate in an outreach program with PFLAG, a “family and ally organization” supporting the LGBTQ community.